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Hmmm, there is nothing wrong with a lot of these names and it is a bit precious of the government to ban them. Nobody confuses Judge Reinhold, Prince Rogers Nelson or even Duke Morrison (aka John Wayne) with a member of the judiciary or an aristocratic figurehead. Rex is Latin for King, and still appears on British coinage, but nobody bothers to ban that. They are unusual names, all of them, but not so unprecedented as to be unduly weird. Even Lucifer simply means “Light-bringer”.

why should we protect someone who has a title.
why have titles aren’t we all equel?
even those with “awards” have been picked over other just as deserving people who serve this country and it’s citizens.
all a load of baloney.

You unbeliever!
We should spend at least a few trillion on reducing the evil CO2 levels.
We should cut our output by half!
From 0.117% (The current percentage of atmospheric CO2 from human activity) to 0.0585%.
That will make a real difference.
Save Mother Gaia!

Chuck Bird says:- “How about all those how name their sons after a pedophile who took a six year old bride?”

She wasn’t six. She was eight, and Richard is quite a nice name:

➡ “In 1396, Richard II of England was joined in marriage to young Isabel of France, who had been 7 years old when their engagement was announced the previous year in Paris. Not only was there no uproar; there was considerable happiness expressed over the assumed probability that this marriage would end the Hundred Years War then in one of its periodic states of truce between the two kingdoms. Peace was to be ensured by joining together this man and this little girl in marriage.”

Have to admit though – Richard II was a nasty piece of work. History doesn’t remember him kindly.

There is no evidence that the marriage was ever consummated as in the case of Mohammad where it was at the age of nine. That is why for some years after the the lunatics took over Iran that the age of consent was nine. I think they now have raised it to something like 13.

“The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with ‘Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death).” — Bukhari

@Tookinator – not anymore, a Judge ordered her name changed during a family court hearing. My favourite celebrity names are those of libertarian illusionist Penn Jillette: Moxie Crimefighter and Zoltan.